About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

OSI-95-6R 1 (1994-12-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacksl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: N )O United States (3 O General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of Special Investigations B-259592 December 28, 1994 The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., Chairman The Honorable Alfred A. McCandless, Ranking Minority Member Legislation and National Security Subcommittee Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives This letter responds to your June 14, 1993, request that we inquire into the extent of drug activity in Haiti and any related involvement by the Haitian military. Reports of increased trafficking of narcotics and other contraband in Haiti since the September 1991 coup d'etat that removed President Jean Bertrand Aristide from power prompted your request. You were concerned that, if accurate, these allegations could have a negative impact upon the negotiations with the Haitian de facto military government regarding the return of President Aristide.' In subsequent discussions with your staff, you also asked us to examine what appeared to be conflicting reports by U.S. drug authorities on the extent of drug trafficking in Haiti and the role of the Haitian military in that trafficking. We could neither confirm nor refute allegations concerning Haitian military officials' involvement in drug trafficking, nor could we resolve disparities in statements we received because of the lack of information and the lack of corroborating evidence. The Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) access to information in Haiti was limited to a listening mode after the 1991 coup d'dtat to avoid legitimizing the de facto government. Moreover, according to the Defense Intelligence Agency, drug traffickers have, in some instances, altered their trafficking patterns in favor of using less detectible 'President Aristide returned to Haiti on October 15, 1994, pursuant to an agreement reached in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on September 18, 1994, between the U.S. and the Haitian de facto government officials. GAO/OSI-95-6R Drug Activity in Haiti

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most